Spout for cans.



No. 831,841. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. R. DREYER.

SPOUT FOR CANS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s. 1906 THE NORRIS PETERS cm, wlsuuvcrau. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

SPOUT FOR CANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

.ilpplication filed February 3, 1906. Serial No. 299.2 91.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD DREYER, a citizen of-the United States,residing at Sea Cliff, in the county of Nassau and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spouts for Cans, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the spouts for cansfor which Letters Patent No. 610,737 were granted to me under date ofSeptember 13, 1898.

It was found in the practical use of the spouts referred to that thecork washers which were used for producing the tight connection betweenthe two disks of the spout were liable to wear out after some time, sothat the spout commenced to leak and could not properly serve thefunction for which it was intended.

The object of this invention is to obviate the disadvantage referred toand to furnish an improved spout which has all the ad.van tages of thespout heretofore patented, but which does not require a cork washer, sothat thereby a stronger and more durable spout is obtained, which is notliable to get out of order; and for this purpose the invention consistsof a spout for cans the construction of which will be fully describedhereinafter and the novel features of which will be finally pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theupper portion of an oil-can provided with my improved spout, shown inopen position for pouring out the contents of the can. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 2, showing the spout in closedposition; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a modified construction ofthe spout.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the body of the oil-can or othervessel, which is provided in the usual manner with an opening a in thetop, near one corner thereof. Around the opening in the top of the can Ais soldered or otherwise attached a concave portion B of sheet metal,which is provided at its circumference with a bent-up U-shaped rim 1),as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The lower part of the rim is soldered to thetop of the can and serves to support the flanged rim of a cup-shapedportion cl, to which the lower curved end of a nozzle (1 is attached.The cupshaped portion d is fitted into the concave portion B, itscircumferential flange being tightly held in the U-shaped rim 1) bymeans of an interposed gasket 6 of suitable elastic material. Theconcave portion B, as well as the spout portion fitted over the same,are provided with openings 0 0, the opening 0' being formed at the pointof connection with the nozzle-opening o is placed in register with theopening 0 in the concave portion the same is in position for pouring thecontents of the can or for filling the same. For protecting the spoutand concave portion against dust, &c., they are covered up by a convexcap f, which extends over the nozzle at its bent portion, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The cap f is provided with a vent-hole 1) near the spoutd and concave portion B and the slide portion (1 with vent-holes '0 '1),respectively, which register with each other when the nozzle is placedin position for pouring, as shown in Fig. 2. When the nozzle is moved toan angle of ninety degrees, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thevent-holes o o are placed out of register, so that the atmospheric aircannot enter into the can When the spout is closed or in non-pouringposition. In the closed position of the spout the openings 0 0 arelikewise placed out of register, so that none of the contents of the cancan escape in the closed position of the spout whatever he the positionof the can. When the spout is in position for discharging the contentsof the can, the air enters through the vent-hole o of the cap f and thevent-holes o '0 to the interior of the can and permits thereby the freeoutlet of the oil or other liquid through the spout, While when the canis refilled through the spout by connection with the filling apparatusthe air in the can passes freely through the vent-openings 1/, o and oto the atmosphere, so as to permit the free and unobstructed refillingof the can. The nozzle d extends downwardly through the cap f anddebouches into the opening 0 in the rotary part (1.

In place of the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3 the modifiedconstruction shown. in Fig. 4 can be used. In this the stationaryportion B and movable portion d are arranged on the top of the can ininverted position. The stationary portion B is then provided with atransverse partition p, Which practically forms a portion of the spoutwhen the inner end of thenozzle (1, so that whenv ITO the same is placedin pouring position. The partition in the cap in the stationary portionB serves as a deflector or baffie for guiding the oil from the spoutinto the can when filling the same. The partition is soldered to theinside of the stationary portion and made in such a shape as to fitclosely to the inner surface of the same, it being practically ofsegmental shape, with a slight curve from its upper toward its loweredge, as shown in Fig. 4, the lower edge being on a level with the loweredge of the guide-flange b In this form the nozzle d does not passdownwardly, as in that previously described, but communicates directlywith the registering openings in the parts B and d adjacent thepartition 1).

The pouring of the contents of the can, as well as the filling of thesame, and the ingress and egress of the air through the vent-openingsare accomplished in the modified construction in the same manner as inthe construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

The advantages of my improved spout for cans are, first, that thecontents of the can can be readily poured out through the nozzle afterplacing the same in positionat right angles to the side wall of the can,the vent-openings being placed in register by the motion of the spoutand out of register when the spout is returned to its inward closedposition on the top of the can, and, second, that by dispensing with thecork washer between the cap and the end portion of the spout theobjections to this washer and the repairs required are avoided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A spout for oil-cans, consisting of a concavestationary portion provided with a pouring-opening, aconcave movableportion fitting within said stationary portion and provided with apouring-opening adapted to register with said first-namedpouring-opening, said stationary and movable portions being providedwith vent-openings which register when said pouring-openings are inregister, a cap extending over said stationary and movable portions andprovided with a vent-opening, and a nozzle extending through said capand downwwardly to the pouringopening of said movable portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD DREYER. Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER.

